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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

Triduum – The Awe-Inspiring Vigil of Easter April 20, 2019

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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and School Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod

4206 West Elm Street • McHenry, IL 60050

(815) 385-0859 • [email protected]

www.zionmchenry.org

Rev. Mark Buetow

Pastor & School Director

(618) 318-3680

[email protected]

Rev. Aden Loest

Pastor Emeritus

(815) 385-0859

[email protected]

Thank you for worshiping with us at Zion. As you hear God’s Word, we pray that you would find

peace and strength in our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Triduum Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil constitute the three-day celebration of the Passion

of the Christ. Triduum means “three days.” Think of it as one long service that begins on Maundy

Thursday, continues on Good Friday, and ends with the Lord’s Supper at the Easter Vigil on Holy

Saturday. In these three days, we are led through the Passion, death, and resurrection of Christ.

Communion Policy In the Lord's Supper, our Lord Jesus Christ gives to us His Body to eat and His Blood to drink for the

remission of our sins (Matt. 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-24, Luke 22:19-2). Our Lord invites to His table those

who trust His words and repent of all sins. Because Holy Communion is a proclamation and

confession of the Faith which is confessed at this altar (1 Cor. 11:24-26), any who have not been

instructed or who hold a confession different from that of this congregation or the Lutheran Church

– Missouri Synod and yet desire to receive the Sacrament are asked to speak with the Pastors or an

elder before coming to the altar. The lighter colored cups contain the Blood of Christ which has been

diluted by water (John 19:39).

Prayer upon Entering the Church O Lord, our Creator, Redeemer, and Comforter, as we come together to worship You in spirit and in

truth, we humbly pray that You would open our hearts to the preaching of Your Word so that we

may repent of our sins, believe in Jesus Christ as our only Savior, and grow in grace and holiness.

Hear us for His sake. Amen.

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Service of Light

The Paschal Candle is the symbol of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is lit during the

Easter season and at all Baptisms and funerals. It, like all candles, reminds us that Jesus is the light

of the world. The Paschal Candle specifically points us to Jesus’ victory over death.

The congregation gathers outside the rotunda.

Invocation

P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Invitation

P Beloved in the Lord, on this most holy night, in which Our Lord Jesus passed over

from death into life, we are gathered here in vigil and in prayer.

This is the Passover of the Lord in which, by hearing His Word and celebrating His

Sacraments, we share in His victory over death.

P Let us pray.

O God, You are like a refiner's fire, and Your Spirit enkindles the hearts of Your

faithful people with the fire of Your love. Bless, we implore You, this new flame

and those who keep this joyful Easter festival that, burning with desire for life

with You, we may be found rightly prepared to share in the Feast of Light which

has no end; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

Blessing of the Paschal Candle

The cross is traced on the paschal candle.

P Christ Jesus, the same yesterday, today, and forever, the beginning and the ending,

The Greek letters Alpha and Omega are traced on the candle.

P the Alpha and the Omega.

The year is traced on the candle.

P His are time and eternity; His are the glory and dominion, now and forever.

Five wax nails are placed into the candle.

P By His wounds we have healing both now and forever. Amen.

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The candle is lit.

P May the light of Christ, who is risen in glory from the dead, scatter all the

darkness of our hearts and minds.

P Let us pray.

Almighty and most merciful God, pour out on us Your abundant blessing that all

who in true faith share this night in joyful celebration of the resurrection of our

Lord Jesus Christ from the dead may be filled with Your heavenly benediction.

Once we were in darkness, but now we are in the light, even Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen. All light their candles from the paschal candle and follow the candle bearer in procession into the darkened

church. The bearer of the paschal candle stops at the entrance to the nave.

Lux Christi Light of Christ

The bearer of the paschal candle stops in the middle of the nave.

When all have processed, the bearer of the paschal candle lifts the candle high.

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Exsultet Easter Proclamation

P Rejoice now, all you heav'nly choirs of angels; rejoice now, all creation; sound

forth, trumpet of salvation, and proclaim the triumph of our King. Rejoice too, all

the earth, in the radiance of the light now poured upon you and made brilliant by

the brightness of the everlasting King; know that the ancient darkness has been

forever banished. Rejoice, O Church of Christ, clothed in the brightness of this

light; let all this house of God ring out with rejoicing, with the praises of all God's

faithful people.

2 Timothy 4:22

[Colossians 3:1]

[Psalm 136]

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P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places,

with all our heart and mind and voice, praise You, O Lord, Holy Father, almighty

everlasting God, and Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. For He is the very

Paschal Lamb who offered Himself for the sin of the world, who has cleansed us

by the shedding of His precious blood. This is the night when You brought our

fathers, the children of Israel, out of bondage in Egypt and led them through the

Red Sea on dry ground. This is the night when all who believe in Christ are

delivered from bondage to sin and are restored to life and immortality. This is the

night when Christ, the Life, arose from the dead. The seal of the grave is broken

and the morning of the new creation breaks forth out of night. Oh, how wonderful

and beyond all telling is Your mercy toward us, O God, that to redeem a slave You

gave Your Son. How holy is this night when all wickedness is put to flight and sin

is washed away. How holy is this night when innocence is restored to the fallen

and joy is given to those downcast. How blessed is the night when man is

reconciled to God in Christ. Holy Father, accept now the evening sacrifices of our

thanksgiving and praise. Let Christ, the true light and morning star, shine in our

hearts, He who gives light to all creation, who lives and reigns with You and the

Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

All extinguish their candles.

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Service of Readings

P On this most holy night our Savior, Christ the Lord, broke the power of death

and by His resurrection brought life and salvation to all creation. Let us praise the

Lord, for He truly keeps His word. The sun of righteousness has dawned upon us

who have sat in darkness and in the shadow of death.

The Creation Genesis 1:1 – 2:3

A A reading from Genesis, chapters one and two.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without

form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God

was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and

there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the

light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.

And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate

the waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse and separated the waters that

were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning,

the second day.

And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place,

and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the

waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees

bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it

was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own

kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And

God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third

day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day

from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and

let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it

was so. And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the

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lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the

heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to

separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was

evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly

above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created the great sea

creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm,

according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw

that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the

waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and

there was morning, the fifth day.

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—

livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it

was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the

livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according

to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have

dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the

livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the

earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of

the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said,

“Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth,

and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. And to every beast

of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth,

everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it

was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And

there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the

seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day

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from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,

because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

Almighty God, through Your Word and Spirit You most wonderfully created all

things, and through the Word made flesh You brought new life to fallen humanity.

Grant that in Your mercy we may be conformed to the image of Him who shares

fully in our humanity, even Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

Psalm Psalm 33:1–11 (antiphon v. 6) 6By the word of the LORD the heav- | ens were made,*

and by the breath of his mouth | all their host.

1Shout for joy in the LORD, O you | righteous!*

Praise befits the | upright.

2Give thanks to the LORD | with the lyre;*

make melody to him with the harp of | ten strings!

3Sing to him a | new song;*

play skillfully on the strings, with | loud shouts.

4For the word of the LORD is | upright,*

and all his work is done in | faithfulness.

5He loves righteousness and | justice;*

the earth is full of the steadfast love | of the LORD.

6By the word of the LORD the heav- | ens were made,*


7He gathers the waters of the sea | as a heap;*

he puts the deeps in | storehouses.

8Let all the earth | fear the LORD;*

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in | awe of him!

9For he spoke, and it | came to be;*

he commanded, and it | stood firm.

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10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to | nothing;*

he frustrates the plans of the | peoples.

11The counsel of the LORD stands for- | ever,*

the plans of his heart to all gener- | ations.

Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*

and to the Holy | Spirit;

as it was in the be- | ginning,*

is now, and will be forever. | Amen.

6By the word of the LORD the heav- | ens were made,*


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The Flood Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13 A A reading from Genesis, chapters seven, eight, and nine.

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have

seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of

all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean,

the male and his mate, and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and

female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. For in seven days I will

send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have

made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” And Noah did all that the LORD had

commanded him.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day

of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the

windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and

forty nights. On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth,

and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark, they and

every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and

every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird,

according to its kind, every winged creature. They went into the ark with Noah, two

and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. And those that entered, male

and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him

in.

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The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark,

and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the

earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.

At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and

sent forth a raven. It went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth.

Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of

the ground. But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the

ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and

took her and brought her into the ark with him. He waited another seven days, and

again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. And the dove came back to him in the

evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that

the waters had subsided from the earth. Then he waited another seven days and sent

forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.

In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the

waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and

looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. In the second month, on the

twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. Then God said to Noah,

“Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with

you. Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and

animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on

the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” So Noah went out, and his sons

and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, I establish my covenant

with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you,

the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of

the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. I establish my covenant with you, that never

again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be

a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I

make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future

generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant

between me and the earth. A This is the Word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

O Lord, You kill and You raise to life; You brought the flood upon a wicked and

perverse generation, and yet You saved faithful Noah and his family in the ark.

Keep us in safety in the ark of Christ's body, the Church, that Your mercy may

come to its fullness and Your salvation be preached to the ends of the earth;

through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

Psalm Psalm 29:1–11 (antiphon v. 10)

10The LORD sits enthroned o- | ver the flood;*

the LORD sits enthroned as king for- | ever.

1Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly | beings,*

ascribe to the LORD glo- | ry and strength.

2Ascribe to the LORD the glory | due his name;*

worship the LORD in the splendor of | holiness.

3The voice of the LORD is over the | waters;* the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many | waters. 4The voice of the LORD is | powerful;*

the voice of the LORD is full of | majesty.

5The voice of the LORD breaks the | cedars;*

the LORD breaks the cedars of | Lebanon.

6He makes Lebanon to skip | like a calf,*

and Sirion like a young | wild ox.

7The voice | of the LORD*

flashes forth | flames of fire.

8The voice of the LORD shakes the | wilderness;*

the LORD shakes the wilderness | of Kadesh.

9The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the | forests bare,*

and in his temple all cry, | “Glory!”



11May the LORD give strength to his | people!*

May the LORD bless his people | with peace!

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The Testing of Abraham Genesis 22:1-18

A A reading from Genesis, chapter 22.

After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here

am I.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land

of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I

shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two

of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt

offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day

Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar. Then Abraham said to his

young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship

and come again to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it

on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of

them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here

am I, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt

offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering,

my son.” So they went both of them together.

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there

and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of

the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to

him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your

only son, from me.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind

him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram

and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of

that place, “The LORD will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD

it shall be provided.”

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And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By

myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not

withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your

offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your

offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations

of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

O God, since You promised faithful Abraham that he would be the father of a great

multitude, You provided a substitute for his son Isaac. In the fullness of time, You sent

Your Son, the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world, to lay down His life that we

might live as faithful children of Abraham. Grant to all people a living trust in Your

mercy; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.


6He says in his heart, “I shall | not be moved;*

throughout all generations I shall not meet ad- | versity.”

1Why, O LORD, do you stand a- | far off?*

Why do you hide yourself in times of | trouble?

2In arrogance the wicked hotly pur- | sue the poor;*

let them be caught in the schemes that they | have devised.

3For the wicked boasts of the desires | of his soul,*

and the one greedy for gain curses and renounc- | es the LORD.

4In the pride of his face the wicked does not | seek him;*

all his thoughts are, “There | is no God.”

5His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out | of his sight;*

as for all his foes, he | puffs at them.



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7His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and op- | pression;*

under his tongue are mischief and in- | iquity.

8He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the | innocent.*

His eyes stealthily watch for the | helpless;

9he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may | seize the

poor;*

he seizes the poor when he draws him in- | to his net.

10The help- | less are crushed,*

sink down, and fall | by his might.







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Israel’s Deliverance at the Red Sea Exodus 14:10 – 15:1

A A reading from Exodus, chapters fourteen and fifteen.

When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the

Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel

cried out to the LORD. They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt

that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in

bringing us out of Egypt? Is not this what we said to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone that

we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the

Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” And Moses said to the people, “Fear not,

stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today. For

the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The LORD will fight for

you, and you have only to be silent.”

The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go

forward. Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that

the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the

hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over

Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know

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that I am the LORD, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his

horsemen.”

Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind

them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, coming

between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the

darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night. Then

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back by a

strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being

a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. The Egyptians pursued and went

in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his

horsemen. And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked

down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic, clogging their

chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from

before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea that the water may

come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” So

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course

when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw the

Egyptians into the midst of the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and

the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of

them remained. But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the

waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the

Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against

the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his

servant Moses.

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying,

“I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has

thrown into the sea.


C Thanks be to God. Stand

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P Let us pray.

O God, You once delivered Your people Israel from bondage under Pharaoh and

led them by a pillar of cloud and fire through the sea to safety. Grant that we may so

follow Christ that through the waters of Baptism we may daily die and rise with Him

and walk in safety through the wilderness of this life until we see Your salvation;


C Amen.

Hymn “Song of Moses and Israel” LSB 925

1 The LORD is my strength | and my song,*

and He has become my sal- | vation;

2 this is my God, and I will | praise Him,*

my father’s God, and I will ex- | alt Him. REFRAIN

3 The LORD is a | man of war;*

the LORD | is His name.

4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host He cast in- | to the sea,*

and his chosen officers were sunk in the | Red Sea.

5 The floods | covered them;*

they went down into the depths | like a stone.

6 Your right hand, O LORD, glorious | in power,*

Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the | enemy. REFRAIN

7 Who is like You, O LORD, a- | mong the gods?*

Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing |

wonders?

8 You stretched out Your | right hand;*

the earth | swallowed them.

9 You have led in Your steadfast love the people whom You | have redeemed;*

You have guided them by Your strength to Your ho- | ly abode.

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10 You will bring them in and plant them on Your own | mountain,*

the place, O LORD, which You have made for | Your abode,

11 the sanctuary, O LORD, which Your hands have es- | tablished.*

The LORD will reign forever and | ever.




is now, and will be forever. | Amen. REFRAIN

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Salvation Offered Freely to All Isaiah 55:1-11

A A reading from Isaiah, chapter fifty-five.

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money,

come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that

which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight

yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may

live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for

David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for

the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that

did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy

One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked

forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD,

that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the

LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your

ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but

water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread

to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me

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empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for

which I sent it."


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

Almighty God, by Your Word You created and sustain all things, and by Your

Spirit You renew Your creation. Grant now the water of life to all who thirst for

You that they may bring forth abundant fruit in Your glorious kingdom; through

Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.


1As a deer pants for | flowing streams,*

so pants my soul for you, | O God.

2My soul thirsts for God, for the | living God.*

When shall I come and appear be- | fore God?

3My tears have been my food | day and night,*

while they say to me continually, “Where | is your God?”

4These things I remember, as I pour | out my soul:*

how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the | house of

God

with glad shouts and | songs of praise,*

a multitude keeping | festival.

5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil with- | in me?*

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation | 6and my God.

My soul is cast down with- | in me;*

therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from

Mount | Mizar.

7Deep calls to deep at the roar of your | waterfalls;*

all your breakers and your waves have gone | over me.

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8By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song

is | with me,*

a prayer to the God | of my life.

9I say to God, my rock: “Why have you for- | gotten me?*

Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the | enemy?”

10As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries | taunt me,*

while they say to me continually, “Where | is your God?”

11Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil with- | in me?*

Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation | and my God.





1As a deer pants for | flowing streams,*

so pants my soul for you, | O God.

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A New Heart and a New Spirit Ezekiel 36:24-28

A A reading from Ezekiel, chapter 36.

I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you

into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all

your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a

new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone

from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and

cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in

the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your

God.


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, by the death and resurrection of Your Son You cleansed

our hearts and put a new Spirit within us. Grant that all who are brought to newness of

life in the fellowship of the body of Christ may show forth in their lives what they

confess with their lips; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

Psalm Psalm 98:1–9 (antiphon 1)

1Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done | marvelous things!*

His right hand and his holy arm have worked salva- | tion for him.

2The LORD has made known his sal- | vation;*

he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the | nations.

3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of | Israel.*

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation | of our God.

4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, | all the earth;*

break forth into joyous song and sing | praises!

5Sing praises to the LORD | with the lyre,*

with the lyre and the sound of | melody!

6With trumpets and the sound | of the horn*

make a joyful noise before the | King, the LORD!

7Let the sea roar, and all that | fills it;*

the world and those who | dwell in it!

8Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together 9be- | fore the

LORD,*

for he comes to | judge the earth.

He will judge the world with | righteousness,*

and the peoples with | equity.





1Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done | marvelous things!*

His right hand and his holy arm have worked salva- | tion for him.

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God's Faithfulness to Israel Deuteronomy 31:19-30

A A reading from Deuteronomy, chapter 31.

“Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths,

that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel. For when I have

brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their

fathers, and they have eaten and are full and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and

serve them, and despise me and break my covenant. And when many evils and troubles

have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live

unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For I know what they are inclined to do

even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.” So Moses

wrote this song the same day and taught it to the people of Israel.

And the LORD commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, “Be strong and

courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give

them. I will be with you.”

When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book to the very end, Moses

commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, “Take this

Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God,

that it may be there for a witness against you. For I know how rebellious and stubborn

you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious

against the LORD. How much more after my death! Assemble to me all the elders of your

tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and

earth to witness against them. For I know that after my death you will surely act

corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to

come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the LORD,

provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

O God, the exaltation of the humble and the strength of the righteous, You taught Your

people through Your holy servant Moses to sing Your sacred songs and delivered to

them the Law that still directs us. Display in all nations the fullness of Your power that,

as You blot out all sins through Your forgiveness, terror may turn to joy and fear of

punishment may be transformed into the hope of salvation; through Your Son, Jesus

Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

Hymn “Song from Deuteronomy” LSB 926

1 Give ear, O heavens, and | I will speak,*

and let the earth hear the words | of my mouth.

2 May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill | as the dew,*

like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers up- | on the herb.

3 For I will proclaim the name | of the LORD;*

ascribe greatness | to our God!

4 The Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are | justice.*

A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and up- | right is He. REFRAIN

5 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He divided |

mankind,*

He fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the | sons of God.

6 But the LORD’s portion is His | people,*

Jacob His allotted | heritage.

7 He found him in a | desert land,*

and in the howling waste of the | wilderness;

8 He encircled him, He | cared for him,*

He kept him as the apple | of His eye. Continued on next page

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9 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over | its young,*

spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its | pinions,

10 the LORD alone | guided him,*

no foreign god was | with him. REFRAIN

11 “See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god be- | side Me;*

I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver

out of | My hand.”

12 Rejoice with Him, O | heavens;*

bow down to | Him, all gods,

13 for He avenges the blood of His | children*

and takes vengeance on His adver- | saries.

14 He repays those who | hate Him*

and cleanses His | people’s land.




is now, and will be forever. | Amen. REFRAIN

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The Valley of Dry Bones Ezekiel 37:1-14 A A reading from Ezekiel, chapter thirty-seven.

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD

and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me

around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley,

and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones

live?” And I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over

these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the

Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you

with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the

LORD.”

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and

behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and

behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had

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covered them. But there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the

breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come

from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” So I

prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and

stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold,

they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’ Therefore

prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves

and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of

Israel. And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you

from your graves, O my people. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall

live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I

have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.”


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

O God, Your Son came as the Son of Man to breathe His Word and Spirit upon the dry,

dead bones of Adam's children. Grant that we may hear Your holy Word, receive Your

Spirit, and rise each day from the death of sin to live in newness of life before You;


C Amen.


12Restore to me the joy of your sal- | vation,*

and uphold me with a willing | spirit.

8Let me hear joy and | gladness;*

let the bones that you have bro- | ken rejoice.

9Hide your face | from my sins,*

and blot out all my in- | iquities.

10Create in me a clean heart, | O God,*

and renew a right spirit with- | in me.

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11Cast me not away from your | presence,*

and take not your Holy Spirit | from me.



13Then I will teach transgressors | your ways,*

and sinners will re- | turn to you.

14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my sal- | vation,*

and my tongue will sing aloud of your | righteousness.

15O Lord, open | my lips,*

and my mouth will de- | clare your praise.







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Job Confesses the Redeemer Job 19:20-27 A A reading from Job, chapter nineteen.

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has

touched me! Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my

flesh? “Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! Oh that

with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! For I know that my

Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has

been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and

my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

Almighty God, our great Redeemer, in the sacrifice of Your Son You put to death our

wretched flesh and in His rising restored our life. Grant that we may always cling to

Christ by faith in this life that at the last we may rejoice to stand in our own flesh and

see You face to face; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.


9Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being re- | joices;*

my flesh also | dwells secure.

1Preserve me, | O God,*

for in you I take | refuge.

2I say to the LORD, “You | are my Lord;*

I have no good a- | part from you.”

3As for the saints | in the land,* they are the excellent ones, in whom is all | my delight. 4The sorrows of those who run after another god shall | multiply;*

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names | on my lips.

5The LORD is my chosen portion | and my cup;*

you | hold my lot.

6The lines have fallen for me in pleasant | places;*

indeed, I have a beautiful in- | heritance.

7I bless the LORD who gives me | counsel;*

in the night also my heart in- | structs me.

8I have set the LORD always be- | fore me;*

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be | shaken.



10For you will not abandon my soul | to Sheol,*

or let your holy one see cor- | ruption.

11You make known to me the | path of life;*

in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are

pleasures for- | evermore.

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Jonah Preaches to Nineveh Jonah 3:1-10

A A reading from Jonah, chapter three.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to

Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah

arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an

exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city,

going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be

overthrown!” And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put

on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. The word reached the king

of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with

sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he issued a proclamation and published through

Nineveh, “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor

flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, but let man and beast be

covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from

his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and

relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.” When God saw what

they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had

said he would do to them, and he did not do it.


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

O God, as the prophet Jonah spent three days in the belly of the great fish, so Your

Son Jesus spent three days in the heart of the earth. Grant us repentance to

embrace our death in Him through Holy Baptism and to proclaim His victory over

sin and death to all the world; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

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Psalm Jonah 2:2–9 (antiphon v. 2) “I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he | answered me; *

out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you | heard my voice.

3For you cast me into the deep, into the heart | of the seas, *

and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed | over

me.

4Then I said, ‘I am driven away | from your sight; *

Yet I shall again look upon your holy | temple.’

5The waters closed in over me to | take my life; *

the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head 6at the roots of

the | mountains.

I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for | ever; *

yet you brought up my life from the pit, O | LORD my God.

7When my life was fainting away, I remem | bered the LORD, *

and my prayer came to you, into your holy | temple.

8Those who pay regard to vain | idols*

forsake their hope of | steadfast love.

9But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacri | fice to you;*

what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs | to the LORD!”





“I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he | answered me; *

out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you | heard my voice.

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The Gathering of God's People Zephaniah 3:12-20

A A reading from Zephaniah, chapter three.

But I will leave in your midst

a people humble and lowly.

They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD,

those who are left in Israel;

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they shall do no injustice

and speak no lies,

nor shall there be found in their mouth

a deceitful tongue.

For they shall graze and lie down,

and none shall make them afraid.”

Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;

shout, O Israel!

Rejoice and exult with all your heart,

O daughter of Jerusalem!

The LORD has taken away the judgments against you;

he has cleared away your enemies.

The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;

you shall never again fear evil.

On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:

“Fear not, O Zion;

let not your hands grow weak.

The LORD your God is in your midst,

a mighty one who will save;

he will rejoice over you with gladness;

he will quiet you by his love;

he will exult over you with loud singing.

I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival,

so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

Behold, at that time I will deal

with all your oppressors.

And I will save the lame

and gather the outcast,

and I will change their shame into praise

and renown in all the earth.

At that time I will bring you in,

at the time when I gather you together;

for I will make you renowned and praised

among all the peoples of the earth,

when I restore your fortunes

before your eyes,” says the LORD.


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

Look in mercy, O Lord, upon Your faithful people, and by Word and Spirit bring to

completion that good work which You have begun in us. Gather in Your people that all

the world may see and know that what has been cast down is raised up and what has

grown old is made new, until the work You have begun in us is brought to its joyful

fulfillment in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

C Amen.


7Show us your steadfast love, | O LORD,*

and grant us your sal- | vation.

1LORD, you were favorable | to your land;*

you restored the fortunes of | Jacob.

2You forgave the iniquity of your | people;*

you covered | all their sin.

3You withdrew | all your wrath;*

you turned from your hot | anger.

4Restore us again, O God of our sal- | vation,*

and put away your indignation | toward us!

5Will you be angry with us for- | ever?*

Will you prolong your anger to all gener- | ations?

6Will you not revive | us again,*

that your people may re- | joice in you?



8Let me hear what God the | LORD will speak,*

for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn

back to | folly.

9Surely his salvation is near to those who | fear him,*

that glory may dwell | in our land.

10Steadfast love and faith- | fulness meet;*

righteousness and peace kiss each | other.

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11Faithfulness springs up | from the ground,*

and righteousness looks down | from the sky.

12Yes, the LORD will give | what is good,*

and our land will yield its | increase.

13Righteousness will go be- | fore him*

and make his foot- | steps a way.







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The Fiery Furnace Daniel 3:1-30 A A reading from Daniel, chapter three.

King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its

breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then

King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the

counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the

provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set

up. Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the

justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the

dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before

the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You

are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that when you hear the sound of

the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall

down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. And

whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery

furnace.” Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre,

trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages

fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the

Jews. They declared to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! You, O king, have

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made a decree, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon,

harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image.

And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery

furnace. There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the

province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no

attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you

have set up.”

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and

Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar

answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that you

do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? Now if you are

ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and

every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and

good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery

furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O

Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God

whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver

us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not

serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed

against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times

more than it was usually heated. And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army

to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery

furnace. Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, their hats, and their

other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. Because the

king’s order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those

men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his

counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said

to the king, “True, O king.” He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound,

walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth

is like a son of the gods.”

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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared,

“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and

come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. And the

satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and

saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their

heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come

upon them. Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who

trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather

than serve and worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree: Any

people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins,

for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.” Then the king promoted

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.


C Thanks be to God.

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P Let us pray.

O God, Your Son protected faithful Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery

furnace of the king. Grant us protection in our time of testing that we would boldly

confess Your name, reject all false worship, and live and die in confidence,

knowing that we are safe in Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns

with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

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Hymn “All You Works of God, Bless the Lord” LSB 930

Continued on next page

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5 Come, humanity, sing along,

Sing, you people of God, a song;

Priests and servants, your Lord now bless,

Join, you spirits and souls at rest: Refrain

D 6 Bless the Lord, all you pure of heart;

All you humble, His praise impart;

God the Father and Son adore,

Bless the Spirit forevermore! Refrain

The Congregation takes a brief recess.

Service of Holy Baptism

Baptismal Address

P On this holiest of nights, the whole Church of our Lord Jesus Christ recalls His

death and burial, rejoicing with great joy in the Gospel of His glorious and mighty

resurrection from the dead. The apostle Paul says:

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were

baptized into His death? We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into

death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the

Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with Him

in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His.

We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin

might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For

one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we

believe that we will also live with Him. We know that Christ being raised from the

dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death

He died He died to sin, once for all, but the life He lives He lives to God. So you

also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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The Flood Prayer

P Let us pray.

Almighty and eternal God, according to Your strict judgment You condemned the

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unbelieving world through the flood, yet according to Your great mercy You

preserved believing Noah and his family, eight souls in all. You drowned hard-

hearted Pharaoh and all his host in the Red Sea, yet led Your people Israel through

the water on dry ground, foreshadowing this washing of Your Holy Baptism.

Through the Baptism in the Jordan of Your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,

You sanctified and instituted all waters to be a blessed flood and a lavish washing

away of sin.

We pray that You would behold us all according to Your boundless mercy and

bless us with true faith by the Holy Spirit, that through this saving flood all sin in

us, which has been inherited from Adam and which we ourselves have committed

since, would be drowned and die. Grant that we be kept safe and secure in the

holy ark of the Christian Church, being separated from the multitude of

unbelievers and serving Your name at all times with a fervent spirit and a joyful

hope, so that, with all believers in Your promise, we would be declared worthy of

eternal life; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

C Amen.

Renunciation

P Do you renounce the devil?

C Yes, I renounce him.

P Do you renounce all his works?

C Yes, I renounce them.

P Do you renounce all his ways?

C Yes, I renounce them.

Profession of Faith P Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth?

C Yes, I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

P Do you believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son?

C Yes, I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was

conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius

Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day

He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand

of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and

the dead.

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P Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?

C Yes, I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the

communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and

the life T everlasting.

P The almighty God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given you the

new birth of water and of the Spirit and has forgiven you all your sins,

strengthen you with His grace to life T everlasting.

C Amen.

P Peace T be with you.

C Amen.

Service of Prayer

Litany of the Resurrection

P O Lord,

C have mercy.

P O Christ,

C have mercy.

P O Lord,

C have mercy.

P Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,

C hear us.

P Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us and has taken away the sin of the world,

C have mercy on us.

P Who was crucified for our transgressions and raised for our justification,

C have mercy on us.

P Who foretold Your passion saying, "The Son of Man must be crucified and on the

third day rise again,"

C have mercy on us.

P Who destroyed death by dying, and by rising to life again brought life and

immortality to light,

C have mercy on us.

P Whose resurrection was first announced by an angel to the women,

C have mercy on us.

P Who appeared to Mary Magdalene and was worshiped by her,

C have mercy on us.

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P Who revealed Yourself to the two disciples on the Emmaus road and made

Yourself known to them in the Scriptures and in the breaking of the bread,

C have mercy on us.

P Who appeared to the disciples, bestowing on them Your peace and Your Spirit,

C have mercy on us.

P Who showed Your wounded hands and side to the apostle Thomas that he too

might believe,

C have mercy on us.

P Who appeared to seven disciples on the Sea of Tiberias, bringing a miraculous

catch of fish,

C have mercy on us.

P Who appeared to Peter and to the Twelve, to over 500 disciples, to James and to all

the apostles, and to Paul on the Damascus road,

C have mercy on us.

P Who commissioned Your Church to make disciples of all nations by baptizing

and teaching them,

C have mercy on us.

P By Your glorious resurrection from the dead,

C good Lord, deliver us.

P By Your victory over sin and death,


P By the majesty of Your risen body,


P We poor sinners implore You

C to hear us, Lord Jesus.

P That we may daily die and rise with You in our Baptism and walk in the freedom

of Your forgiveness,

C grant us, good Lord.

P That we may set our minds on things above and not on earthly things, serving as

we have been served by You,


P That we may dwell with You forever in the new creation as citizens of the

heavenly Jerusalem, together with all the saints


P Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,

C have mercy on us.

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C have mercy on us.


C grant us Your peace.

P O Lord,

C have mercy.

P O Christ,

C have mercy.

P O Lord,

C have mercy. Amen.

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Service of the Word

Easter Acclamation P Alleluia! Christ is risen!

C He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Hymn of Praise LSB 155

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Salutation and Collect of the Day

P Let us pray.

O God, You made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord's

resurrection. Preserve in us the spirit of adoption which You have given so that,

made alive in body and soul, we may serve You purely; through Jesus Christ,

Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God,

now and forever.

Holy Gospel St. John 20:1-18

P The Holy Gospel according to St. John, the twentieth chapter.

1Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while

it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2So

she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved,

and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know

where they have laid him.” 3So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they

were going toward the tomb. 4Both of them were running together, but the other

disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5And stooping to look in, he saw

the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter came,

following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7and

the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but

folded up in a place by itself. 8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb

first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9for as yet they did not understand the

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Scripture that he must rise from the dead. 10Then the disciples went back to their

homes. 11But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped

to look into the tomb. 12And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of

Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13They said to her, “Woman,

why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I

do not know where they have laid him.” 14Having said this, she turned around and

saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15Jesus said to her,

“Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be

the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where

you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She

turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17Jesus said

to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my

brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my

God and your God.’” 18Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I

have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.

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Service of the Sacrament

Preface LSB 160

2 Timothy 4:22

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Colossians 3:1

[Psalm 136]

P It is truly meet, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give

thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God. And most especially

are we bound to praise You on this day for the glorious resurrection of Your Son,

Jesus Christ, the very Paschal Lamb, who was sacrificed for us and bore the sins of

the world. By His dying He has destroyed death, and by His rising again He has

restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Mary Magdalene, Peter and John,

and with all the witnesses of the resurrection, with angels and archangels, and

with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name,

evermore praising You and saying:

Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy Isaiah 6:3; Matthew 21:9

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Lord’s Prayer Matthew 6:9-13

P Lord, remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray:

C Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy

will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and

forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead

us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and

the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Words of Our Lord Matt 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor 11:23-25

P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when

He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat;

this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given

thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new

testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This

do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Pax Domini The Peace of the Lord John 20:19

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Agnus Dei Lamb of God John 1:29

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Suggested silent prayer before receiving the Lord’s Supper: “Dear Savior, at Your gracious invitation I come to Your table to eat and drink Your holy body and blood.

Let me find favor in Your eyes to receive this holy Sacrament in faith for the salvation of my soul and to

the glory of Your holy name. Amen.”

Suggested silent prayer after receiving the Lord’s Supper:

“Almighty and everlasting God, I thank and praise You for feeding me the life-giving body and blood of

Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ. Send Your Holy Spirit that, having with my mouth received the holy

Sacrament, I may by faith obtain and eternally enjoy Your divine grace, the forgiveness of sins, unity

with Christ, and life eternal, through Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen.”

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Hymn “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing” LSB 475

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Hymn “He’s Risen, He’s Risen” LSB 480

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Hymn “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands” LSB 458

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5 Here our true Paschal Lamb we see,

Whom God so freely gave us;

He died on the accursèd tree—

So strong His love—to save us.

See, His blood now marks our door;

Faith points to it; death passes o’er,

And Satan cannot harm us.

Alleluia!

6 So let us keep the festival

To which the Lord invites us;

Christ is Himself the joy of all,

The sun that warms and lights us.

Now His grace to us imparts

Eternal sunshine to our hearts;

The night of sin is ended.

Alleluia!

7 Then let us feast this Easter Day

On Christ, the bread of heaven;

The Word of grace has purged away

The old and evil leaven.

Christ alone our souls will feed;

He is our meat and drink indeed;

Faith lives upon no other!

Alleluia!

Stand

Collect P Let us pray.

O God, for our redemption You gave Your only-begotten Son to the death of the

cross and by His glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of the enemy.

Grant that all our sin may be drowned through daily repentance and that day by

day we may arise to live before You in righteousness and purity forever; through

Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one

God, now and forever.

Benedicamus [Psalm 103:1]

Blessing

Hymn “Our Paschal Lamb, That Sets Us Free” LSB 473

Please join us for Easter Breakfast,

at 9:00 am this morning.

Easter services:

7:45 am & 10:30 am Divine Service

Acknowledgments: Divine Service, Setting Three from Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House. Reprinted with permission. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House

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